The Tulane Prevention Research Center’s Innovations in Public Health Research and Practice Series is proud to present a seminar on Nov. 14, led by Dr. Jamie Chriqui, PhD, MHS, from the University of Illinois at Chicago. The seminar title is “Obesity related policies: Influences on communities, schools, and individual outcomes” and will be 12-1:30pm in Room 1203 of the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Chriqui is a dynamic speaker and is sure to deliver a fantastic and informative presentation.
The seminar is free and open to the public.

Jamie Chriqui, PhD, MHS, Professor, Division of Health Policy and Administration, and Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Dr. Chriqui has over two decades of experience conducting public health policy research, evaluation, and analysis, with an emphasis on obesity, substance abuse, tobacco control, and other chronic disease-related policy issues. She directs all state, local, and school district obesity policy research as well as leading the state tobacco control policy research activities for Bridging the Gap. She serves on the Institute of Medicine committee charged with Evaluating Progress of Obesity Prevention Efforts. Previously, she served on the IOM committee that wrote the report Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation, and the IOM committee that developed a plan for measuring progress in that prevention effort.

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